Ryan Choi
Thesis title: On the Writings of the Traitor Literati: Newspapers, Diaries, and Literary Periodicals in Hong Kong during Japanese Occupation, 1941-1945
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Background
Ryan Choi is a PhD candidate who holds a dual bachelor's degree in Chinese and Language Education from the University of Hong Kong, as well as a master's degree in Chinese Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. His extant research is centred on literary production during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.
Qualifications
MA, Chinese Studies (Distinction), SOAS University of London, 2020.
BA & BEd, Chinese and Language Education (2.1), University of Hong Kong, 2019.
Responsibilities & affiliations
Student representative for PhD Chinese Studies
Member of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS)
Member of the British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS)
Member of the Hong Kong Archives Society (HKAS)
Undergraduate teaching
Tutor in Modern East Asian History B
Current research interests
Ryan Choi's research centres on the analysis of documentary and literary texts that were published in newspapers, periodicals, and personal documents during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong from 1941 to 1945. His research aims to scrutinise the cultural and literary policies implemented by the Imperial Japanese government in Hong Kong and to examine the works of collaborators including Ye Lingfeng and Lu Mengshu.Past research interests
Ryan Choi's previous research interests have centred on the study of Sinophone literature, with a particular focus on modern and contemporary literatures from Hong Kong and Taiwan.Current project grants
2024 Visiting Scholar Scheme, Hong Kong History Centre at University of Bristol
Papers delivered
'From Sakura to Crap: Lu Mengshu's Kuso Realism and the Unmasking of Occupied Hong Kong', British Postgraduate Network for Chinese Studies Annual Conference, University of York, 5 June 2024.
〈日占香港時期文學的合作通敵：論葉靈鳳《書淫艷異錄》〉，第三十屆「金聲研討會」，台灣：國立中央大學，2023 年10 月21 日。('Collaboration and Collusion: A Study of Ye Lingfeng's Bibliophile's Erotic and Strange Records', National Central University, Taiwan, 21 October 2023.)
'Collaborationist Literature in Wartime Hong Kong: Ye Lingfeng’s Role as a Literary Producer under Japanese Occupation (1941–1945)', British Association for Chinese Studies Annual Conference, King’s College London, 8 September 2023.